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of huts which cannot be mentioned all along this 
route. The hill tops have no longer the naked 
appearance of the Saharan rocks, but are clothed 
and crowned with trees. The country is very fine 
and park-like, and were it not for the doom-palm 
would be more like some of the best parts of Europe 
than Africa is supposed to be. The animals seen to 
day were two wild boars and some wild oxen. A 
couple of lions, a male and a female, come out nearly 
every night and serenade the villagers ofBogussa at 
their hut doors. The filthy vultures of Zinder are 
spread through all this fine country. Many doves 
and water-fowl were seen. We forded several stag- 
nant streams of water, but of very small magnitude. 
I sheltered myself in the afternoon under a mag- 
nificent tree, called in Bornouese liamdu, and in 
Soudanese, samia. We are beginning to see very 
fine trees, casting an impervious shade, under 
which the weary traveller deliciously reposes in the 
hot clime. To-day I suffered most dreadfully from 
my horse ; with a camel I should have felt nothing, 
but I must submit : there is no remedy. 
I believe the Kashalla to be a very good man, 
and above his plundering countrymen generally, 
but habit induces him to wink at the acts of bri- 
gandage committed by his people. I observed him 
yesterday stop a little boy with a load on his head, 
and tell him to run away from the people coming 
up, and take another road, that the caravan might 
not plunder him. 
